Display book



July 12, 1927- -s. JOHNSO f DISPLAY BOOK Filed Dec. 13. 1926 gjwmmt oc gfo%y.soz I STANLEYG. JOHNSON, {or mime-IT, MTGHIGJAN, As's-reivow'rotirrrn' gain-intranet: can! f 1 A1\IY, F, DETROIT, MICHIGKN,

isaz 1 :A comennmron or anon-men,

JDI SCPLAY ZBQQK.

:Appl'ication filed December 3,1 6; -,sria1 m;i54,eo2.

This invention relates totdisplaylbooks and devices, more especially of:the,l0o"se 'fileaf" type, wherein it is often desirable to provide for .the support of .the 'leavesiat 'a suitable 5 angle so that any of them maybe exposed to view and "held in such exposed positionjin idefin'itely andthe object oi": the invention is to provide a simplearrangement of cover and fiyZlealf-or-meniher which will cooperate.

: in .the support of any of the leaves of the 1 7 device as ireqnirediand Which'lare adapted to cooperate in :the maintaining of thekdevices asra Whole in an adj 'usted display condition.

The 'linvention further contemplates the of the :device .as Imeans for directly sl pponting theid-y-lleaf in, ara'ised display goes 1 tion and the utilizing of {the fiyleaf through the inediiunof a'brace for theinainta-ining of the front and back of the cover in iangiilar .easel formation and against diverging from one another to an extent which would result in the .collapse of the ,cover ,as a supporting structure for the leaves of the device. 1 Further objects subsidiary to or resulting from the aforesaid objects or .fromthe ,con-

may he carried into effect will, appear as the said invention is hereinafter further diselosed. J: a in carrying":the saidinvention into efiect I may utilize a loinder; cover :having front and back ,boards hingedly connected to an intermediate member, and a loose lealtbihder niechanism such as a ringhinder, mounted on one .of said boards .proximateto said-"in .temnediate member and carrying loose leaves as wellvas a ifl-y-ileaf :of .reiativelystifi vInaterial. The cover isjadaPted tocbe reversed from .its :normal closed: position to ,provide an inverted V-shaped easel composed of the backand front boardsvthereofi, with the intermediate portion maintained in alinement with the back portion ofthe cover which xthen :becomesthe i'irontportion of the easel due to the reversalvof the cover.- The mainitenanceor' this alinement of theback and intermediate portions .oifthev cove'r isieifected by the flyleaf which is provided with fasten- .termediate {portion whereby the said fly-leaf forms a connection between the intermediate A 7 v I itheisameinits displaycondition; "1 5'ut1l1z1ng' of certain port ons of the cover a :ing :means for its attachment to the said in- I and the ring binder which the nihich helc oines ithe thereof and in its :raised d1s1ilay-position, and this flexible secured to the 'zfront'icover which is then'the 'ineniher is adapted to he; .extendedlover and r the surfaceion which thedevice-may.befsujpported.

i'ng drawing, wherein 1:

All of which isrmore described I and ascertained hereinafter, by Way ofaexigiire'l is a perspective viewvof adevi'ce embod-ylng fhe said inventlon illustratingv FigureQ "is a"perspectiveview indicating the backof the same;

' flFigureS-isa fragmentary' deta'il side eleva tionlipartly in sectionof fthe device Figure 1- ii is shownzopenr; and

s 'a plan view of the- "device 1 closed, WllillffilleGXCGPliiODQf the cover, which Similar eharacters of refierence indicate --siniilar parts in the several figures of the" V t a. wl I w V -:struct1on or zOPBIfLtlOIl of the iinvention-aas 1t In ordinary loose 'il'ea'f sbind'er practice I isusual to attach the binder mechanism (to j whov the intermediate imeniber "5 off the =eover,- abut in t'he present case l 'xhonntit on one or'o'ther ofthe in-embers lsa'nd 2,1 in theexample, (the -1nembe1- 2, -prox iinat'el'to the "intermediate 7 itically thewsame position withi li the eover asthey wodld if the *inechanismqnade were actually attached to. the said intermediate 1neniber '5; and thus do not ma'teriallyefiect t'he positionfot the loosedeaig'G Withinifihe cover." 'M-so carried by the hinder mech'a-i 'nis n -t-hro1 gh the medium of the rings 7 is a fly-leaf 9*ot relatively stiflffniaterialh 'The cover ofthe device-ifs adapted to beset .np in the form; of an easel las shown in F 5 15 n 3 b r r n he "m her -1 on sits hihge 3 so that it may form-the 2 m T5 the jron't offlthe 'ea'seljcarrying the binder .rneclian'isni parts n onnted there rear supportloif the (easel; and the members i on, including the leaves 6 and fly-leaf 9, and

it will be noted thatthe intermediate mem- .giber is provided with studs and the fly,-

leaf with snap fasteners 11 adapted to en- "gage the saidstuds 10 when the fly-leaf is raised to the position indicated'in Figures 1,

2 and 3, so that the said fiy-l-eaf when so raised and engaged with the studs 10 braces the intermediate portion'5 of the cover from the rings 7 of the binder and maintains the 7 said intermediate member 5 extended practically in the same plane as the member 2 of the cover as very clearly illustrated in Figure 3, and in turn the said fly-leaf is secured in anupwardly extending vposition from the blnder mechanism and from the intermediate member 5 of/the cover forming a support for such of the leaves 6 as may be also moved to'such upwardly extended position for display purposes as shown in 1 dotted lines in Figure 3. The fly-leaf 5 is "therefore in it's'display position supported I f by virtue of its two point connection to the the easel at the studs 10 and the rings 7. 1

7 front of Ordinarily the members 1 and 2 when operat ng as an easel may if restmg'upon a smooth surface tend. to spread apart and result in the collapsing of the device when in i use, and to prevent this I provide the flyleaf-with a flexible brace 12 pivotallymounted at 13 on the said fly-leaf, so that it may be turned to op-erative position as shown in Figures lto 3 or out of operative positionas shown in Figures 4 and 5, when the cover is closed, this brace being provided with an orifice 14 at the end of its longer arm to receive a stud 15 'onthe member 1 of the cover when used as'an easel so that the said brace maybe connectedto the said member 7 1 as clearly indicated in Figure3 to form a secondary support.

' the said brace is required to resistance to the undue spreading ofjthe members land 9, of the easel when 1n use.

Incidently, although this is not its principal object, due to the support already indicated for the fly-leaf,'this brace may also form a- .secondary'support for the fly-leaf when indisplay position where the leaves resting against thefly-leaf are of-such weight that function as such It willbe' observed that the construction described isvery simple, varying very little fromthe ordinary binder so far as general appearance is concerned when it'is closed, and

being no more bulky, so that when not used .actually-as a display stand it may be used much in the same manner as an ordinary loose leaf binderefor inspection of material it' may be readily used as a stenographers note book, a salemans 'catalogue, a showselves. p r

This invention may be developed within the scope of the following claims without departing from the essential features of the said invention, audit is desiredthat the specification and drawlng be read as merely illustrative and not in a limiting sense, ex cept asnecessitated by the prior art.

W hat I claim is :j 1. In a binder, a cover adapted to bereversed from a normal closed position Itov providea n inverted 'V-shaped easel, said cover comprising front and back boards hingedly connected to the edges of an lntermediate member, a loose-leaf binder mechanism mounted on one of said boards proximate to said intermediate member,a fly-leaf 'of stiff material carried by said binder mechanism, and means for securing said fly leaf in a raised position to the intermediate .mem-

ber of said cover whereby said fly-leaf is supported in a raisedposition and maintains said intermediate portion in practical al1gn- *ment with the cover board formingthe front of the easel; Y r

'2. In a binder, a cover adapted to be reversed from a: normal closed position to provide an inverted V-shaped easel, said cover comprising front and back boards hingedly connected to the edges of an intermediate member, a loose-leaf binder mechanism mounted on one of saidboards proximate to said intermediate member, a fly-leaf of stiff material carried by said binder mechanism, and means for fastening said fly-leaf in a raised position to the front of said easel whereby said fly-leaf is maintained in such raised position by a. part of the front of said easel extending above said binder mechanism. 8. In a binder, a cover structure flexible across a transverse line whereby it may be reversed from a normally closed position to provide an inverted V-shaped easel, a binder -mechanism and a fastening element carried' by said structure at the same side of said transverse line, a fly-leafhingedly attached to sald binder mechanism, and a fas "tening element carried by said leaf and adapted to cooperate with the first named element.

it. In a binder, a cover structure flexible across a transverse line wherebyv it may be reversed from a normally closed position to provide an inverted'V-shaped easel, a binder mechanism and a fastening element carried by said. structure at the same side of said transverse line, a fly-leaf hingedly attached to said binder mechanism, a fastening element carried by said leaf and adapted to cooperate with the first named element, and a brace adapted to connect said'fly-leaf with transverseline; a fly-leaf hingedly attached the portion of the structure at the other side of said transverse line.

5. In a binder, a cover struoture flexible across a transverse line whereby it may be reversed from a normally closed position to provide an inverted 'V-shaped easel, a binder mechanism and a fastening element carried by said structure at the same side of said to said binder mechanism; a fastening ele' ment carried" bysaid leaf and adaptedto cooperate with the first named element, and a slightly flexible brace adapted to Connect said. fly-leaf with the portion-of-thestruc- STANLEY G. JOHNSON? 

